Bloomberg New Contemporaries

https://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/2023

Launching in Blackpool at Grundy Art Gallery, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023 exhibition features 55 of the UK’s most exciting artists emerging from art schools and alternative peer-to-peer learning programmes.

With works selected by internationally renowned artistsHelen Cammock, Sunil Gupta and Heather Phillipson through an open call, the resulting exhibition provides a distinctive snapshot of current artistic concerns and approaches spanning a breadth of disciplines.

Kiera Blakey, Director of New Contemporaries said, “The 2023 exhibition marks New Contemporaries first time in Blackpool, and an opportunity to intersect with the locations’ rich cultural history, offering new perspectives from emerging voices. This year’s exhibition brings together a unique breadth of ideas and approaches that captures the most pressing issues of our time."

The selected artists for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023 are: Savanna Achampong, Bunmi Agusto, Ahaad Alamoudi, Adama Dercilia Bari, Alexandra Beteeva, Cai Arfon Bellis, Matthew Burdis, Thomas Cameron,Yingming Chen, Helen Clarke, Sarah Cleary, Alannah Cyan, Nina Davies, James Dearlove, Harriet Gillett,Haneen Hadiy, Joseph Ijoyemi, Jennifer Jones, Bessie Kirkham, Noa Klagsbald, Iga Koncka, Emily Kraus,Margaret (Weiyi) Liang, Harry Luxton, Ranny Macdonald, Jil Mandeng, Anne McCloy, Phyllis McGowan, SAM (Ayrton Mendes), Zayd Menk, Efrat Merin, Rhys Morgan, Joe Moss, Lili Murphy-Johnson, Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei-Garcia, Abi Palmer, Emerson Pullman, Harmeet Rahal, Daniel Rey, Alicja Rogalska, Luke Anthony Rooney, Jeremy Scott, Holly Sezer, Emma Sheehy, Charan Singh, Jame St Findlay, Korallia Stergides, Samuel Thompson-Plant, Jiayi Wang, Sidney Westenskow, Georg Wilson, Joshua Woolford, Hester Yang, Osman Yousefzada and Samuel Zhang.

Established in 1949, New Contemporaries is the longest running and most highly regarded survey of contemporary art emerging from the UK’s art schools and alternative learning programmes with an alumnus of exhibiting artists reading like a who’s who of UK art spanning over 70 years.

As well as taking part in the annual touring exhibition, this year’s artists will benefit from inclusion in the New Contemporaries Online Platform and gain access to a range of mentoring, talks and workshops through New Contemporaries bespoke Bridget Riley Artist Development Programme.

After launching at Grundy Art Gallery, from 30 September to 16 December 2023, the exhibition will travel to the Camden Art Centre, London, from 19 January to 31 March 2024.

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